it is exactly like Phil Hannent said, it is a security issue. At Twente University we have a rather large network. And to avoid everybody to gain acces they use (amongst other things) MAC adress filtering. And to register a MAC adress you have to be a student or employee. This way they (system operators) always know who is responsible for which computer. btw. I also found the MAC in System Tools > Hardware Browser > Network Devices (like I said, i'm a complete newbie, i only know windows. Graphics are your friend :-) ) On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 10:53:16 +0200, Andrea Giuliano <a.giuliano@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Why do you need to know the MAC address of your NIC? Usually it is > probed by system-config-network. > > Best regards. > > > > H.T. Petter wrote: > > Dear people, > > > > Since today i am a Fedora-user, so i'm a complete newbie, i only have > > expierence in Windows XP and Dos. > > Now, i have succesfully installed Fedora Core 2, but i want to connect > > it to the network at my campus. To do that, i need the MAC-adress of > > my NIC. Can anybody help me find this in Fedora? for i have no idea > > where to look. > > > > Cheers, > > Harm-Tido Petter > > > > -- > Andrea Giuliano, Ph. D. > ICCU - Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico > Viale Castro Pretorio 105, Rome - ITALY > Tel. +39064989509, Fax +39064059302 > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- GROKTOR WILL CRUSH ALL WHO OPPOSE HIM
